Debbie Reid of Rochester is a senior software engineer at Pictometry International Corp. in Henrietta.

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Robin L. Flanigan

As a senior software developer at Pictometry, a Henrietta company that produces detailed aerial imagery, Debbie Reid solves puzzles.

"You want to get from point A to point B, and you have to come up with a code to help you figure out how to do that," said the 42-year-old from Rochester. "A lot of people like to play video games, to go from one level to the next. Programming is similar to that."

Reid appreciates that with clients like the 911 emergency call centers, police agencies and other emergency response systems the company is able to provide services that can help save lives. She recalls an ...